In-to swilk thrillage thaim held he, That he ourcome throw his powste. 110 Yhe mycht se he suld occupy Throw slycht, that he ne mycht throw maistri. Had yhe tane kep quhat was thrillag, And had consideryt his usage, That gryppyt ay, but gayne-gevyng, 115 Yhe suld, for-owtyn his demyng, Haiff chosyn yhow a king, that mycht Have haldyn weyle the land in rycht. Walys ensample mycht have bene To yhow, had yhe it forow sene. 120 And wys men sayis he is happy That be othir will him chasty. For unfayr thingis may fall, perfay, Als weill to-morn as yhisterday. Bot yhe traistyt in lawte, 125 As sympile folk, but mavyte; And wyst nocht quhat suld eftir tyd. For in this warld, that is sa wyde, Is nane determynat that sall Knaw thingis that ar for to fall: 130 But God, that is off maist poweste, Reservyt till his majeste For to knaw, in his prescience, Off alkyn tyme the mowence. [48: E inserts _gret_ before _discencioun_, but W and H omit.] [54, 55: E gives _war_ and so in J: but _wes_ from W is preferable. For _als nere_ (W) E has _alsner_.] [61: From H. E has _How that in his evyn descendand_, which does not make sense. W gives _That be lyne war dissendand_, which halts metrically. See note.] [77: _Sulde_ in W. E omits.] [129: Skeat adopts _determynatly_ from H, with the meaning “certainly.” But this reading cumbers the metre; and Barbour’s word to this effect is “certis.”] [130: _For_ is from W and H. E omits.]